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MILITARY LAUNCHES ANNUAL HAN KUANG EXERCISES

2004-04-20 22:35:05

Taipei, April 20 (CNA) The military has launched routine annual
training exercises to evaluate the nation's defense capabilities in
the face of mainland China's mounting military threat, the Ministry
of National Defense (MND) said Tuesday.

Speaking at a regular news conference, MND spokesman Maj. Gen.
Huang Suey-sheng said the maneuvers, codenamed Han Kuang 20, will
test the joint operations command mechanism of the armed forces over
a seven-month period.
"The drills, designed to test coordination among the different
branches of our armed forces, started in mid-April and are due to end
in November, " Huang said, adding that the focus of this year's Han
Kuang exercise is to gauge Taiwan's ability to crush the enemy's
attempt to wage a quick war.

The maneuvers will include a computerized war game, live-fire
drills and missile testing, said Maj. Gen. Lee Chieh-chia, joint
operations head at the deputy chief of the general staff's office.

Lee said the computerized war game will be held in late June,
with the National Defense University acting as the enemy and
providing simulated mainland Chinese assault strategies. The
simulated war game will be based on the estimated military
capabilities of Taiwan and the mainland China by 2006, he added.

He further said that war of the future will be non-linear,
non-contact and asymmetric in form. "It's very likely that mainland
China will invade Taiwan with a surprise attack, " he said, adding
that various kinds of new weaponry will be tested in the war games.